A heuristically-driven multi-criteria tool for the design of efficient open WiFi access networks

2012 IEEE 17th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 80-84

  Manjarres, D ^a   Landa Torres, I ^a   Gil Lopez, S ^a   Del Ser, J ^a   Salcedo Sanz, S ^b  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; DESIGN PROCESS; HARMONY SEARCH; HYPERVOLUME; LOCAL SEARCH OPERATORS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-CRITERIA TOOLS; NETWORK DEPLOYMENT; NETWORK LAYOUT; OPEN ACCESS; OPEN ACCESS NETWORKS; OPEN WIFI ACCESS; QUALITY METRICS;

DESIGN; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

WI-FI;

EID: 84870310458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CAMAD.2012.6335384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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